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MacBook Air or Pro for dissertation?
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<blockquote data-quote="cmarie" data-source="post: 1251719" data-attributes="member: 204558"><p>Hi all, I'm in the market for a new laptop and would like some advice on the Macbook Air vs. Pro question. I will be writing my dissertation on this laptop and using programs such as Scrivener, Papers and Microsoft Office. It will also be used for lots of internet browsing (including YouTube), iTunes (just for audio, decent sound would be nice), and casual photo editing (basic iPhoto is plenty). This laptop will need to stand up to many hours of use each day, including lots of typing and reading. I am a fairly petite person so the portability of the Air would be nice.</p><p></p><p>I will <u>not</u> need to do video editing, gaming or anything else complex on this laptop, but I do have a habit of leaving multiple applications open at once. A typical day for me probably involves having multiple Word documents open, a couple browser windows each with about 10 tabs, an iTunes playlist going, and possibly a PDF or two.</p><p></p><p>Which one would you recommend? The Air because I don’t do stuff requiring hardcore specs, or the Pro because I like to multitask? (P.S. If Air is the consensus, I can wait for the refresh models to come out before ordering.)</p><p></p><p>Thanks so much!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cmarie, post: 1251719, member: 204558"] Hi all, I'm in the market for a new laptop and would like some advice on the Macbook Air vs. Pro question. I will be writing my dissertation on this laptop and using programs such as Scrivener, Papers and Microsoft Office. It will also be used for lots of internet browsing (including YouTube), iTunes (just for audio, decent sound would be nice), and casual photo editing (basic iPhoto is plenty). This laptop will need to stand up to many hours of use each day, including lots of typing and reading. I am a fairly petite person so the portability of the Air would be nice. I will [U]not[/U] need to do video editing, gaming or anything else complex on this laptop, but I do have a habit of leaving multiple applications open at once. A typical day for me probably involves having multiple Word documents open, a couple browser windows each with about 10 tabs, an iTunes playlist going, and possibly a PDF or two. Which one would you recommend? The Air because I don’t do stuff requiring hardcore specs, or the Pro because I like to multitask? (P.S. If Air is the consensus, I can wait for the refresh models to come out before ordering.) Thanks so much! [/QUOTE]
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